About the Program

The Curriculum

Our Places

Our Residency Program

Welcome!

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Decatur Family Medicine Residency Program is an exciting place to learn Family Medicine. Take a glimpse at our resident and faculty pages for a more in-depth view. Enjoy your visit with us, and please contact us if any questions arise during your tour!

Our Mission: To Train Outstanding Family Physicians

We accomplish this in an atmosphere of mutual trust and cooperation in our unopposed community based program. This means your education on each rotation will be first-hand with your preceptor(s) without having to compete for instruction with other residents from other specialties! The end results are competent, caring physicians prepared to practice in any area they choose - urban, suburban, rural, or even in a foreign country.

Residency Profile

We are a 15 resident program with five year accreditation status! We have six full time and one part time physician faculty and two full time physician assistants. The program is blessed with community wide physician support - an educational benefit not enjoyed by many residency programs!

Our primary affiliation hospital, Decatur Memorial Hospital has been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Reuters. The award is a testament to the quality of care Decatur Memorial Hospital provides and the expertise of the hospital's caregivers. This award means that Decatur Memorial Hospital is among the best hospitals in the United States.

The mission of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is to assist the people of central and southern Illinois in meeting their health care needs through education, patient care, research, and service to the community.